Two Peacocks in Tree Sir Thomas Edwin Cooper Found in the collection of

Found in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts

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In the centre group an elderly beau meets a lady dressed in masculine fashion

Cornelius van Dun

Two Peacocks in Tree Sir Thomas Edwin Cooper Found in the collection ofMirrored or opposing animals are a frequent theme in this tradition, and the peacock can be a symbol of eternity. These paired birds may recall to mind a passage from the Upanishads that refers to two birds, sitting on a single branch. One of them eats a delicious fig; the other simply watches. That passage is taken to be an affirmation of the complementary nature of action and consciousness (or contemplation) "He whose own heart is pure makes no